Principal Engineer, Hardened Container Images Platform

Docker; Seattle (WA); Remote; CAD 246,000 - 397,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Flexible schedule

Generous PTO

Whaleness Days

Technology stipend

Learning stipend

Parental leave

Equity for all full-time employees

Comprehensive benefits

Docker swag

Job summary

Docker, a remote-first company, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to drive DHI's long-term technical direction. You will shape architecture across images and Helm charts, lead multi-quarter roadmaps, and influence security posture while collaborating with product, security, and customer-facing teams.

You will mentor engineers, engage with enterprise customers, and help define standards at scale. This role emphasizes strategic thinking, cross-team impact, and industry leadership in container

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience with production-grade distributed systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Ability to set multi-quarter technical roadmaps and align stakeholders (engineering, product, and executives) on strategy and tradeoffs.
• Deep expertise in the container and Kubernetes ecosystem: strong opinions about cert-manager, kyverno, grafana, istio, and ecosystem-level tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture for DHI as a platform, defining how images and Helm charts are authored, secured, distributed, and evolved.
• Define and drive multi-quarter technical roadmaps for the container hardening domain.
• Identify systemic patterns from signals and translate them into architectural changes across the catalogue.
• Build alignment across teams and executives on technical strategy, tradeoffs, and sequencing.
• Represent Docker as a trusted technical voice in escalations and enterprise engagements.
• Set conventions and standards at scale for image definition, Helm chart adaptation, hardening, and tooling.
• Drive the hardest packaging problems with cross-organizational impact.
• Shape the integration test infrastructure and developer tooling strategy.
• Mentor staff and senior engineers through design and architectural decisions.
• Take part in paid on-call rotation and drive reliability improvements.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Go programming

Architecture leadership

Security concepts

Container/Kubernetes ecosystem

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

cert-manager

kyverno

Grafana

Istio

Job description

Docker, a remote-first company, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to drive DHI's long-term technical direction. You will shape architecture across images and Helm charts, lead multi-quarter roadmaps, and influence security posture while collaborating with product, security, and customer-facing teams.

You will mentor engineers, engage with enterprise customers, and help define standards at scale. This role emphasizes strategic thinking, cross-team impact, and industry leadership in container